Nicholas Kristof reports on the rampant corruption in oil-rich Angola, which is depriving children of education and contributing to the highest rate of child mortality in the world.
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Is Angola replacing Portugal with China as its main trade partner? Amid a political row over...
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Is Angola replacing Portugal with China as its main trade partner? Amid a political row over allegations of Angolan money laundering in Portugal, the Angolan president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has announced the end of the "strategic partnership" with Lisbon.
The oil-rich country has invested billions of euros to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by decades of civil war. Many of the 200.000 Portuguese in Angola work in construction. The decision to end the strategic partnership with Portugal was a shock to its workers in Angola, according to ManuelAlves da Rocha, a leading economist at the Catholic University of Luanda:
"We've heard of some Portuguese companies having already problems getting new contracts, especially in the building sector, there we have some serious problems. Moreover, there are unsolved and continuing problems over working visas for Portuguese people wanting to work in Angola. We know that in the Angolan consulate in Portugal quite a lot of visa-requests are turned down."
Because of the oil boom, Luanda is now one of the world's most expensive cities to live in, with spiralling costs matched by surging salaries. There is a steady influx of experts from Portugal. Inês Norton, a town and country planner, arrived recently in Angola. Her story is typical.
"There's a link between the collapse of the Portuguese labour market and the migration of Portuguese seeking work abroad," she says. "For us, Angola is an obvious option: we speak the same language, it's an accessible country full of opportunities. Here you can earn two or three times what you can in Portugal."
The Chinese are also making good money. They are building entire satellite towns, like Kilamba, nearby Luanda, which can house half a million people.
If Angola does replace Portugal with China, Brazil or South-Africa, Lisbon will lose a lot.
"Portuguese exports to Angola represent an estimated three to four billion euros per year. And money sent by Portuguese migrants from Angola back home... estimates are around 1.3 to 1.4 billion US dollars per year. Those figures are significantly high for a country that is in the midst an economic and social crisis," says Manuel Alves da Rocha.
When Angola broke from its colonial master, Portugal, in 1975, most Portuguese left. The euro crisis has brought them back. Compared to most Angolans, the new migrants can expect a life of relative privilege.
Some 70 percent of the local population lives on less then two euros per day. Life expectancy is 51 years. Transparency International places Angola among the most corrupt countries worldwide. Officially, Angola's president has a zero tolerance" policy on corruption. But the country is divided between many very poor people and the very rich few.
"What happens here... not a single corruption case has gone through the judicial process up to final conviction," says Alves da Rocha. "What we have seen here in Angola, in reality, is the emergence of a class of the super-rich, and the size of their fortunes is difficult to explain given the fact that the money was accumulated in a very short space of time."
Judges in Portugal have recently closed several money-laundering inquiries against high-ranking Angolan dignitaries. Some in both countries hope this ruling will also end the political controversy that has proved so costly to bilateral relations.
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The U-S ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright arrived in Angola with a stern warning to the government and UNITA - speed up peace efforts or the world will soon lose patience.
Efforts to end Angola's twenty-year civil war have hung in the balance since the government and UNITA, signed a peace agreement over a year ago.
On her whirlwind tour of African countries, America's ambassador to the U-N, Madeleine Albright touched down in the Angolan capital Luanda.
Albright brought letters from U-S President Bill Clinton and the U-N Security Council urging Angola and UNITA leaders to shore up the shaky peace process.
Angola, wracked by decades of civil war, has repeatedly failed to implement its fragile peace process. Albright pledged the support of other Western governments to help Angola pull out of the crisis.
SOUNDBITE: "My government and the international community are committed to do what is necessary to give Angolans an opportunity to build a strong prosperous, united, democratic and peaceful nation"
SUPERCAPTION: Madeleine Albright, U-S Ambassador to the U-N
And the U-N Ambassador issued this stern warning to both sides in the Angolan conflict.
SUPER CAPTION:
"The letter that I bring from the President for the security council in effect is a warning that the process has to keep move or the international community will simply say enough."
Angola's civil war erupted on the eve of independence from Portugal in 1975.
The conflict has left over 500-thousand dead with millions of people homeless and facing starvation.
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Angola was the last scenario of the cold war. After thirty years of terrible civil war, its people is working hard to forget these decades. The effort of many experts to deactivate thousands of mines spread all over the country is an example of human strength. This is a positive picture that presents the current Angola, its extraordinary landscapes, rich cultures and artistic expressions.
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Angola: The World's Deadliest Place for Kids | Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times

Angola: The World's Deadliest Place for Kids | Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times

Angola: The World's Deadliest Place for Kids | Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times

Nicholas Kristof reports on the rampant corruption in oil-rich Angola, which is depriving children of education and contributing to the highest rate of child mortality in the world.
Produced by: Adam B. EllickRead the story here: http://nyti.ms/1LTe84l
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8:31

Portugal and Angola - a friendship at risk - reporter

Portugal and Angola - a friendship at risk - reporter

Portugal and Angola - a friendship at risk - reporter

Is Angola replacing Portugal with China as its main trade partner? Amid a political row over...
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Is Angola replacing Portugal with China as its main trade partner? Amid a political row over allegations of Angolan money laundering in Portugal, the Angolan president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has announced the end of the "strategic partnership" with Lisbon.
The oil-rich country has invested billions of euros to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by decades of civil war. Many of the 200.000 Portuguese in Angola work in construction. The decision to end the strategic partnership with Portugal was a shock to its workers in Angola, according to ManuelAlves da Rocha, a leading economist at the Catholic University of Luanda:
"We've heard of some Portuguese companies having already problems getting new contracts, especially in the building sector, there we have some serious problems. Moreover, there are unsolved and continuing problems over working visas for Portuguese people wanting to work in Angola. We know that in the Angolan consulate in Portugal quite a lot of visa-requests are turned down."
Because of the oil boom, Luanda is now one of the world's most expensive cities to live in, with spiralling costs matched by surging salaries. There is a steady influx of experts from Portugal. Inês Norton, a town and country planner, arrived recently in Angola. Her story is typical.
"There's a link between the collapse of the Portuguese labour market and the migration of Portuguese seeking work abroad," she says. "For us, Angola is an obvious option: we speak the same language, it's an accessible country full of opportunities. Here you can earn two or three times what you can in Portugal."
The Chinese are also making good money. They are building entire satellite towns, like Kilamba, nearby Luanda, which can house half a million people.
If Angola does replace Portugal with China, Brazil or South-Africa, Lisbon will lose a lot.
"Portuguese exports to Angola represent an estimated three to four billion euros per year. And money sent by Portuguese migrants from Angola back home... estimates are around 1.3 to 1.4 billion US dollars per year. Those figures are significantly high for a country that is in the midst an economic and social crisis," says Manuel Alves da Rocha.
When Angola broke from its colonial master, Portugal, in 1975, most Portuguese left. The euro crisis has brought them back. Compared to most Angolans, the new migrants can expect a life of relative privilege.
Some 70 percent of the local population lives on less then two euros per day. Life expectancy is 51 years. Transparency International places Angola among the most corrupt countries worldwide. Officially, Angola's president has a zero tolerance" policy on corruption. But the country is divided between many very poor people and the very rich few.
"What happens here... not a single corruption case has gone through the judicial process up to final conviction," says Alves da Rocha. "What we have seen here in Angola, in reality, is the emergence of a class of the super-rich, and the size of their fortunes is difficult to explain given the fact that the money was accumulated in a very short space of time."
Judges in Portugal have recently closed several money-laundering inquiries against high-ranking Angolan dignitaries. Some in both countries hope this ruling will also end the political controversy that has proved so costly to bilateral relations.
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ANGOLA: US AMBASSADOR MADELAINE ALBRIGHT ARRIVES IN LUANDA

ANGOLA: US AMBASSADOR MADELAINE ALBRIGHT ARRIVES IN LUANDA

ANGOLA: US AMBASSADOR MADELAINE ALBRIGHT ARRIVES IN LUANDA

English/Nat
The U-S ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright arrived in Angola with a stern warning to the government and UNITA - speed up peace efforts or the world will soon lose patience.
Efforts to end Angola's twenty-year civil war have hung in the balance since the government and UNITA, signed a peace agreement over a year ago.
On her whirlwind tour of African countries, America's ambassador to the U-N, Madeleine Albright touched down in the Angolan capital Luanda.
Albright brought letters from U-S President Bill Clinton and the U-N Security Council urging Angola and UNITA leaders to shore up the shaky peace process.
Angola, wracked by decades of civil war, has repeatedly failed to implement its fragile peace process. Albright pledged the support of other Western governments to help Angola pull out of the crisis.
SOUNDBITE: "My government and the international community are committed to do what is necessary to give Angolans an opportunity to build a strong prosperous, united, democratic and peaceful nation"
SUPERCAPTION: Madeleine Albright, U-S Ambassador to the U-N
And the U-N Ambassador issued this stern warning to both sides in the Angolan conflict.
SUPER CAPTION:
"The letter that I bring from the President for the security council in effect is a warning that the process has to keep move or the international community will simply say enough."
Angola's civil war erupted on the eve of independence from Portugal in 1975.
The conflict has left over 500-thousand dead with millions of people homeless and facing starvation.
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ab10c26265eefd03c28da8bd774c092c
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53:25

Made in Angola - Now in High Quality! (Full Documentary)

Made in Angola - Now in High Quality! (Full Documentary)

Made in Angola - Now in High Quality! (Full Documentary)

Angola was the last scenario of the cold war. After thirty years of terrible civil war, its people is working hard to forget these decades. The effort of many experts to deactivate thousands of mines spread all over the country is an example of human strength. This is a positive picture that presents the current Angola, its extraordinary landscapes, rich cultures and artistic expressions.
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Housing in Angola | Ilidio Daio | TEDxLuanda

The housing topic still the number one of the government priority, but it has been such a hot topic as the demand for a housing growing and seems not way to find a fast solution... the architect Ilidio Daio, is on the forefront and has been developing projects on this field with some hint of innovation...
Architect, with a graduate degree in low cost housing and planning – Madrid.
Chief of the Planning Technical Office of Urban Reconversion of Cazenga – GTRUCS.
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Luanda Kotieno to Mbita Ferry - Lake Victoria

Angola - the cancer of corruption | DW Documentary

Although Angola is Africa's second largest oil producer after Nigeria, the country is one of the world's poorest nations. [Online until: 02.12.2018]
Angola’s billions of oil dollars mainly lined the pockets of the family of PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country for 38 years. Angola's new president, João Lourenço, has vowed to fight corruption and help the country's poorest. But can he keep his promise? Angola is Africa's second largest oil exporter. Angola began its economic ascent after its 27-year civil war came to an end in 2002, and in 2017, Luanda became the world’s most expensive capital city. But Angola is marred by economic division. Angola’s billions of oil dollars mainly lined the pockets of the family of President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled for 38 years. Luanda’s multiplying skyscrapers and glittering facades showcase the wealth of a small, rich elite. While 55 percent of people in Angola are still poor and live on less than one dollar a day. In August last year, President José Eduardo dos Santos announced he would not be seeking re-election due to health reasons. Like dos Santos, his successor, João Lourenço, belongs to the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Lourenço has promised to fight corruption in Angola, and help the country’s poorest. Analysts have already raised doubts about his ability to make far-reaching change, however. Police currently stand accused of sending so-called death squads to kill young people in Luanda’s outskirts. Families are being relocated into tin huts, where they live under shocking conditions. And the country’s health care system is failing, as Angola’s child mortality rate climbs to one of the highest in the world.
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Angola: A composite culture erupting | Helder Bahu | TEDxLuanda

A cultural overview, description of the internal migration of different ethnic groups through the times, as it developed the cultural element has mixed and transformed from they original been...Angola has different groups ethnics that are allocated in different geographic points and they can been identified by they own rituals and way of living...
HelderPedro Alicerces Bahu is a lecturer at Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCEd-Huíla), graduated in Educational Sciencias – Histoy branch, by the ISCEd-Lubango; he has a Masters in Anthropology: Heritages and Identities, by the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE).
In 2012 published in the 24th number of the magazine Revista Internacional em Língua Portuguesa, an article titled “A Noção de Subalternidade e o Mapa Etnográfico de Angola” (The Notion of Subalternity and the Ethnographic Map of Angola in English).
In 2014 published through the Colibri the Angola paints in Portugal – Integration and Return.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Angola: The World's Deadliest Place for Kids | Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times

Nicholas Kristof reports on the rampant corruption in oil-rich Angola, which is depriving children of education and contributing to the highest rate of child mortality in the world.
Produced by: Adam B. EllickRead the story here: http://nyti.ms/1LTe84l
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published: 30 Jun 2015

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Is Angola replacing Portugal with China as its main trade partner? Amid a political row over...
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Is Angola replacing Portugal with China as its main trade partner? Amid a political row over allegations of Angolan money laundering in Portugal, the Angolan president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has announced the end of the "strategic partnership" with Lisbon.
The oil-rich country has invested billions of euros to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by decades of civil war. Many of the 200.000 Portuguese in Angola work in constructio...

Geography Now! Angola

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published: 27 Nov 2014

ANGOLA: US AMBASSADOR MADELAINE ALBRIGHT ARRIVES IN LUANDA

English/Nat
The U-S ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright arrived in Angola with a stern warning to the government and UNITA - speed up peace efforts or the world will soon lose patience.
Efforts to end Angola's twenty-year civil war have hung in the balance since the government and UNITA, signed a peace agreement over a year ago.
On her whirlwind tour of African countries, America's ambassador to the U-N, Madeleine Albright touched down in the Angolan capital Luanda.
Albright brought letters from U-S President Bill Clinton and the U-N Security Council urging Angola and UNITA leaders to shore up the shaky peace process.
Angola, wracked by decades of civil war, has repeatedly failed to implement its fragile peace process. Albright pledged the support of other ...

published: 21 Jul 2015

Made in Angola - Now in High Quality! (Full Documentary)

Angola was the last scenario of the cold war. After thirty years of terrible civil war, its people is working hard to forget these decades. The effort of many experts to deactivate thousands of mines spread all over the country is an example of human strength. This is a positive picture that presents the current Angola, its extraordinary landscapes, rich cultures and artistic expressions.
Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE here for more amazing docs!: http://goo.gl/vNINO4
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Housing in Angola | Ilidio Daio | TEDxLuanda

The housing topic still the number one of the government priority, but it has been such a hot topic as the demand for a housing growing and seems not way to find a fast solution... the architect Ilidio Daio, is on the forefront and has been developing projects on this field with some hint of innovation...
Architect, with a graduate degree in low cost housing and planning – Madrid.
Chief of the Planning Technical Office of Urban Reconversion of Cazenga – GTRUCS.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

published: 26 Oct 2016

Luanda Kotieno to Mbita Ferry - Lake Victoria

Angola - the cancer of corruption | DW Documentary

Although Angola is Africa's second largest oil producer after Nigeria, the country is one of the world's poorest nations. [Online until: 02.12.2018]
Angola’s billions of oil dollars mainly lined the pockets of the family of PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country for 38 years. Angola's new president, João Lourenço, has vowed to fight corruption and help the country's poorest. But can he keep his promise? Angola is Africa's second largest oil exporter. Angola began its economic ascent after its 27-year civil war came to an end in 2002, and in 2017, Luanda became the world’s most expensive capital city. But Angola is marred by economic division. Angola’s billions of oil dollars mainly lined the pockets of the family of President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled for 38 yea...

published: 04 Sep 2018

Luanda Angola down town

Angola: A composite culture erupting | Helder Bahu | TEDxLuanda

A cultural overview, description of the internal migration of different ethnic groups through the times, as it developed the cultural element has mixed and transformed from they original been...Angola has different groups ethnics that are allocated in different geographic points and they can been identified by they own rituals and way of living...
HelderPedro Alicerces Bahu is a lecturer at Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCEd-Huíla), graduated in Educational Sciencias – Histoy branch, by the ISCEd-Lubango; he has a Masters in Anthropology: Heritages and Identities, by the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE).
In 2012 published in the 24th number of the magazine Revista Internacional em Língua Portuguesa, an article titled “A Noção de...

Angola: The World's Deadliest Place for Kids | Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times

Nicholas Kristof reports on the rampant corruption in oil-rich Angola, which is depriving children of education and contributing to the highest rate of child mo...

Nicholas Kristof reports on the rampant corruption in oil-rich Angola, which is depriving children of education and contributing to the highest rate of child mortality in the world.
Produced by: Adam B. EllickRead the story here: http://nyti.ms/1LTe84l
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Nicholas Kristof reports on the rampant corruption in oil-rich Angola, which is depriving children of education and contributing to the highest rate of child mortality in the world.
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Is Angola replacing Portugal with China as its main trade partner? Amid a political row over allegations of Angolan money laundering in Portugal, the Angolan president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has announced the end of the "strategic partnership" with Lisbon.
The oil-rich country has invested billions of euros to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by decades of civil war. Many of the 200.000 Portuguese in Angola work in construction. The decision to end the strategic partnership with Portugal was a shock to its workers in Angola, according to ManuelAlves da Rocha, a leading economist at the Catholic University of Luanda:
"We've heard of some Portuguese companies having already problems getting new contracts, especially in the building sector, there we have some serious problems. Moreover, there are unsolved and continuing problems over working visas for Portuguese people wanting to work in Angola. We know that in the Angolan consulate in Portugal quite a lot of visa-requests are turned down."
Because of the oil boom, Luanda is now one of the world's most expensive cities to live in, with spiralling costs matched by surging salaries. There is a steady influx of experts from Portugal. Inês Norton, a town and country planner, arrived recently in Angola. Her story is typical.
"There's a link between the collapse of the Portuguese labour market and the migration of Portuguese seeking work abroad," she says. "For us, Angola is an obvious option: we speak the same language, it's an accessible country full of opportunities. Here you can earn two or three times what you can in Portugal."
The Chinese are also making good money. They are building entire satellite towns, like Kilamba, nearby Luanda, which can house half a million people.
If Angola does replace Portugal with China, Brazil or South-Africa, Lisbon will lose a lot.
"Portuguese exports to Angola represent an estimated three to four billion euros per year. And money sent by Portuguese migrants from Angola back home... estimates are around 1.3 to 1.4 billion US dollars per year. Those figures are significantly high for a country that is in the midst an economic and social crisis," says Manuel Alves da Rocha.
When Angola broke from its colonial master, Portugal, in 1975, most Portuguese left. The euro crisis has brought them back. Compared to most Angolans, the new migrants can expect a life of relative privilege.
Some 70 percent of the local population lives on less then two euros per day. Life expectancy is 51 years. Transparency International places Angola among the most corrupt countries worldwide. Officially, Angola's president has a zero tolerance" policy on corruption. But the country is divided between many very poor people and the very rich few.
"What happens here... not a single corruption case has gone through the judicial process up to final conviction," says Alves da Rocha. "What we have seen here in Angola, in reality, is the emergence of a class of the super-rich, and the size of their fortunes is difficult to explain given the fact that the money was accumulated in a very short space of time."
Judges in Portugal have recently closed several money-laundering inquiries against high-ranking Angolan dignitaries. Some in both countries hope this ruling will also end the political controversy that has proved so costly to bilateral relations.
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Is Angola replacing Portugal with China as its main trade partner? Amid a political row over allegations of Angolan money laundering in Portugal, the Angolan president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has announced the end of the "strategic partnership" with Lisbon.
The oil-rich country has invested billions of euros to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by decades of civil war. Many of the 200.000 Portuguese in Angola work in construction. The decision to end the strategic partnership with Portugal was a shock to its workers in Angola, according to ManuelAlves da Rocha, a leading economist at the Catholic University of Luanda:
"We've heard of some Portuguese companies having already problems getting new contracts, especially in the building sector, there we have some serious problems. Moreover, there are unsolved and continuing problems over working visas for Portuguese people wanting to work in Angola. We know that in the Angolan consulate in Portugal quite a lot of visa-requests are turned down."
Because of the oil boom, Luanda is now one of the world's most expensive cities to live in, with spiralling costs matched by surging salaries. There is a steady influx of experts from Portugal. Inês Norton, a town and country planner, arrived recently in Angola. Her story is typical.
"There's a link between the collapse of the Portuguese labour market and the migration of Portuguese seeking work abroad," she says. "For us, Angola is an obvious option: we speak the same language, it's an accessible country full of opportunities. Here you can earn two or three times what you can in Portugal."
The Chinese are also making good money. They are building entire satellite towns, like Kilamba, nearby Luanda, which can house half a million people.
If Angola does replace Portugal with China, Brazil or South-Africa, Lisbon will lose a lot.
"Portuguese exports to Angola represent an estimated three to four billion euros per year. And money sent by Portuguese migrants from Angola back home... estimates are around 1.3 to 1.4 billion US dollars per year. Those figures are significantly high for a country that is in the midst an economic and social crisis," says Manuel Alves da Rocha.
When Angola broke from its colonial master, Portugal, in 1975, most Portuguese left. The euro crisis has brought them back. Compared to most Angolans, the new migrants can expect a life of relative privilege.
Some 70 percent of the local population lives on less then two euros per day. Life expectancy is 51 years. Transparency International places Angola among the most corrupt countries worldwide. Officially, Angola's president has a zero tolerance" policy on corruption. But the country is divided between many very poor people and the very rich few.
"What happens here... not a single corruption case has gone through the judicial process up to final conviction," says Alves da Rocha. "What we have seen here in Angola, in reality, is the emergence of a class of the super-rich, and the size of their fortunes is difficult to explain given the fact that the money was accumulated in a very short space of time."
Judges in Portugal have recently closed several money-laundering inquiries against high-ranking Angolan dignitaries. Some in both countries hope this ruling will also end the political controversy that has proved so costly to bilateral relations.
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The U-S ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright arrived in Angola with a stern warning to the government and UNITA - speed up peace efforts or the world will soon lose patience.
Efforts to end Angola's twenty-year civil war have hung in the balance since the government and UNITA, signed a peace agreement over a year ago.
On her whirlwind tour of African countries, America's ambassador to the U-N, Madeleine Albright touched down in the Angolan capital Luanda.
Albright brought letters from U-S President Bill Clinton and the U-N Security Council urging Angola and UNITA leaders to shore up the shaky peace process.
Angola, wracked by decades of civil war, has repeatedly failed to implement its fragile peace process. Albright pledged the support of other Western governments to help Angola pull out of the crisis.
SOUNDBITE: "My government and the international community are committed to do what is necessary to give Angolans an opportunity to build a strong prosperous, united, democratic and peaceful nation"
SUPERCAPTION: Madeleine Albright, U-S Ambassador to the U-N
And the U-N Ambassador issued this stern warning to both sides in the Angolan conflict.
SUPER CAPTION:
"The letter that I bring from the President for the security council in effect is a warning that the process has to keep move or the international community will simply say enough."
Angola's civil war erupted on the eve of independence from Portugal in 1975.
The conflict has left over 500-thousand dead with millions of people homeless and facing starvation.
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The U-S ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright arrived in Angola with a stern warning to the government and UNITA - speed up peace efforts or the world will soon lose patience.
Efforts to end Angola's twenty-year civil war have hung in the balance since the government and UNITA, signed a peace agreement over a year ago.
On her whirlwind tour of African countries, America's ambassador to the U-N, Madeleine Albright touched down in the Angolan capital Luanda.
Albright brought letters from U-S President Bill Clinton and the U-N Security Council urging Angola and UNITA leaders to shore up the shaky peace process.
Angola, wracked by decades of civil war, has repeatedly failed to implement its fragile peace process. Albright pledged the support of other Western governments to help Angola pull out of the crisis.
SOUNDBITE: "My government and the international community are committed to do what is necessary to give Angolans an opportunity to build a strong prosperous, united, democratic and peaceful nation"
SUPERCAPTION: Madeleine Albright, U-S Ambassador to the U-N
And the U-N Ambassador issued this stern warning to both sides in the Angolan conflict.
SUPER CAPTION:
"The letter that I bring from the President for the security council in effect is a warning that the process has to keep move or the international community will simply say enough."
Angola's civil war erupted on the eve of independence from Portugal in 1975.
The conflict has left over 500-thousand dead with millions of people homeless and facing starvation.
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Made in Angola - Now in High Quality! (Full Documentary)

Angola was the last scenario of the cold war. After thirty years of terrible civil war, its people is working hard to forget these decades. The effort of many e...

Angola was the last scenario of the cold war. After thirty years of terrible civil war, its people is working hard to forget these decades. The effort of many experts to deactivate thousands of mines spread all over the country is an example of human strength. This is a positive picture that presents the current Angola, its extraordinary landscapes, rich cultures and artistic expressions.
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Housing in Angola | Ilidio Daio | TEDxLuanda

The housing topic still the number one of the government priority, but it has been such a hot topic as the demand for a housing growing and seems not way to fin...

The housing topic still the number one of the government priority, but it has been such a hot topic as the demand for a housing growing and seems not way to find a fast solution... the architect Ilidio Daio, is on the forefront and has been developing projects on this field with some hint of innovation...
Architect, with a graduate degree in low cost housing and planning – Madrid.
Chief of the Planning Technical Office of Urban Reconversion of Cazenga – GTRUCS.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The housing topic still the number one of the government priority, but it has been such a hot topic as the demand for a housing growing and seems not way to find a fast solution... the architect Ilidio Daio, is on the forefront and has been developing projects on this field with some hint of innovation...
Architect, with a graduate degree in low cost housing and planning – Madrid.
Chief of the Planning Technical Office of Urban Reconversion of Cazenga – GTRUCS.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Angola - the cancer of corruption | DW Documentary

Although Angola is Africa's second largest oil producer after Nigeria, the country is one of the world's poorest nations. [Online until: 02.12.2018]
Angola’s b...

Although Angola is Africa's second largest oil producer after Nigeria, the country is one of the world's poorest nations. [Online until: 02.12.2018]
Angola’s billions of oil dollars mainly lined the pockets of the family of PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country for 38 years. Angola's new president, João Lourenço, has vowed to fight corruption and help the country's poorest. But can he keep his promise? Angola is Africa's second largest oil exporter. Angola began its economic ascent after its 27-year civil war came to an end in 2002, and in 2017, Luanda became the world’s most expensive capital city. But Angola is marred by economic division. Angola’s billions of oil dollars mainly lined the pockets of the family of President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled for 38 years. Luanda’s multiplying skyscrapers and glittering facades showcase the wealth of a small, rich elite. While 55 percent of people in Angola are still poor and live on less than one dollar a day. In August last year, President José Eduardo dos Santos announced he would not be seeking re-election due to health reasons. Like dos Santos, his successor, João Lourenço, belongs to the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Lourenço has promised to fight corruption in Angola, and help the country’s poorest. Analysts have already raised doubts about his ability to make far-reaching change, however. Police currently stand accused of sending so-called death squads to kill young people in Luanda’s outskirts. Families are being relocated into tin huts, where they live under shocking conditions. And the country’s health care system is failing, as Angola’s child mortality rate climbs to one of the highest in the world.
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Angola’s billions of oil dollars mainly lined the pockets of the family of PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country for 38 years. Angola's new president, João Lourenço, has vowed to fight corruption and help the country's poorest. But can he keep his promise? Angola is Africa's second largest oil exporter. Angola began its economic ascent after its 27-year civil war came to an end in 2002, and in 2017, Luanda became the world’s most expensive capital city. But Angola is marred by economic division. Angola’s billions of oil dollars mainly lined the pockets of the family of President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled for 38 years. Luanda’s multiplying skyscrapers and glittering facades showcase the wealth of a small, rich elite. While 55 percent of people in Angola are still poor and live on less than one dollar a day. In August last year, President José Eduardo dos Santos announced he would not be seeking re-election due to health reasons. Like dos Santos, his successor, João Lourenço, belongs to the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Lourenço has promised to fight corruption in Angola, and help the country’s poorest. Analysts have already raised doubts about his ability to make far-reaching change, however. Police currently stand accused of sending so-called death squads to kill young people in Luanda’s outskirts. Families are being relocated into tin huts, where they live under shocking conditions. And the country’s health care system is failing, as Angola’s child mortality rate climbs to one of the highest in the world.
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Angola: A composite culture erupting | Helder Bahu | TEDxLuanda

A cultural overview, description of the internal migration of different ethnic groups through the times, as it developed the cultural element has mixed and tran...

A cultural overview, description of the internal migration of different ethnic groups through the times, as it developed the cultural element has mixed and transformed from they original been...Angola has different groups ethnics that are allocated in different geographic points and they can been identified by they own rituals and way of living...
HelderPedro Alicerces Bahu is a lecturer at Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCEd-Huíla), graduated in Educational Sciencias – Histoy branch, by the ISCEd-Lubango; he has a Masters in Anthropology: Heritages and Identities, by the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE).
In 2012 published in the 24th number of the magazine Revista Internacional em Língua Portuguesa, an article titled “A Noção de Subalternidade e o Mapa Etnográfico de Angola” (The Notion of Subalternity and the Ethnographic Map of Angola in English).
In 2014 published through the Colibri the Angola paints in Portugal – Integration and Return.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

A cultural overview, description of the internal migration of different ethnic groups through the times, as it developed the cultural element has mixed and transformed from they original been...Angola has different groups ethnics that are allocated in different geographic points and they can been identified by they own rituals and way of living...
HelderPedro Alicerces Bahu is a lecturer at Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCEd-Huíla), graduated in Educational Sciencias – Histoy branch, by the ISCEd-Lubango; he has a Masters in Anthropology: Heritages and Identities, by the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE).
In 2012 published in the 24th number of the magazine Revista Internacional em Língua Portuguesa, an article titled “A Noção de Subalternidade e o Mapa Etnográfico de Angola” (The Notion of Subalternity and the Ethnographic Map of Angola in English).
In 2014 published through the Colibri the Angola paints in Portugal – Integration and Return.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Angola: The World's Deadliest Place for Kids | Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times

Nicholas Kristof reports on the rampant corruption in oil-rich Angola, which is depriving children of education and contributing to the highest rate of child mortality in the world.
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Portugal and Angola - a friendship at risk - reporter

Is Angola replacing Portugal with China as its main trade partner? Amid a political row over...
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Is Angola replacing Portugal with China as its main trade partner? Amid a political row over allegations of Angolan money laundering in Portugal, the Angolan president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has announced the end of the "strategic partnership" with Lisbon.
The oil-rich country has invested billions of euros to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by decades of civil war. Many of the 200.000 Portuguese in Angola work in construction. The decision to end the strategic partnership with Portugal was a shock to its workers in Angola, according to ManuelAlves da Rocha, a leading economist at the Catholic University of Luanda:
"We've heard of some Portuguese companies having already problems getting new contracts, especially in the building sector, there we have some serious problems. Moreover, there are unsolved and continuing problems over working visas for Portuguese people wanting to work in Angola. We know that in the Angolan consulate in Portugal quite a lot of visa-requests are turned down."
Because of the oil boom, Luanda is now one of the world's most expensive cities to live in, with spiralling costs matched by surging salaries. There is a steady influx of experts from Portugal. Inês Norton, a town and country planner, arrived recently in Angola. Her story is typical.
"There's a link between the collapse of the Portuguese labour market and the migration of Portuguese seeking work abroad," she says. "For us, Angola is an obvious option: we speak the same language, it's an accessible country full of opportunities. Here you can earn two or three times what you can in Portugal."
The Chinese are also making good money. They are building entire satellite towns, like Kilamba, nearby Luanda, which can house half a million people.
If Angola does replace Portugal with China, Brazil or South-Africa, Lisbon will lose a lot.
"Portuguese exports to Angola represent an estimated three to four billion euros per year. And money sent by Portuguese migrants from Angola back home... estimates are around 1.3 to 1.4 billion US dollars per year. Those figures are significantly high for a country that is in the midst an economic and social crisis," says Manuel Alves da Rocha.
When Angola broke from its colonial master, Portugal, in 1975, most Portuguese left. The euro crisis has brought them back. Compared to most Angolans, the new migrants can expect a life of relative privilege.
Some 70 percent of the local population lives on less then two euros per day. Life expectancy is 51 years. Transparency International places Angola among the most corrupt countries worldwide. Officially, Angola's president has a zero tolerance" policy on corruption. But the country is divided between many very poor people and the very rich few.
"What happens here... not a single corruption case has gone through the judicial process up to final conviction," says Alves da Rocha. "What we have seen here in Angola, in reality, is the emergence of a class of the super-rich, and the size of their fortunes is difficult to explain given the fact that the money was accumulated in a very short space of time."
Judges in Portugal have recently closed several money-laundering inquiries against high-ranking Angolan dignitaries. Some in both countries hope this ruling will also end the political controversy that has proved so costly to bilateral relations.
You can find our interview with the economist Manuel Alves da Rocha as extra content on Euronews' Portuguese website.
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ANGOLA: US AMBASSADOR MADELAINE ALBRIGHT ARRIVES IN LUANDA

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The U-S ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright arrived in Angola with a stern warning to the government and UNITA - speed up peace efforts or the world will soon lose patience.
Efforts to end Angola's twenty-year civil war have hung in the balance since the government and UNITA, signed a peace agreement over a year ago.
On her whirlwind tour of African countries, America's ambassador to the U-N, Madeleine Albright touched down in the Angolan capital Luanda.
Albright brought letters from U-S President Bill Clinton and the U-N Security Council urging Angola and UNITA leaders to shore up the shaky peace process.
Angola, wracked by decades of civil war, has repeatedly failed to implement its fragile peace process. Albright pledged the support of other Western governments to help Angola pull out of the crisis.
SOUNDBITE: "My government and the international community are committed to do what is necessary to give Angolans an opportunity to build a strong prosperous, united, democratic and peaceful nation"
SUPERCAPTION: Madeleine Albright, U-S Ambassador to the U-N
And the U-N Ambassador issued this stern warning to both sides in the Angolan conflict.
SUPER CAPTION:
"The letter that I bring from the President for the security council in effect is a warning that the process has to keep move or the international community will simply say enough."
Angola's civil war erupted on the eve of independence from Portugal in 1975.
The conflict has left over 500-thousand dead with millions of people homeless and facing starvation.
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Made in Angola - Now in High Quality! (Full Documentary)

Angola was the last scenario of the cold war. After thirty years of terrible civil war, its people is working hard to forget these decades. The effort of many experts to deactivate thousands of mines spread all over the country is an example of human strength. This is a positive picture that presents the current Angola, its extraordinary landscapes, rich cultures and artistic expressions.
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Housing in Angola | Ilidio Daio | TEDxLuanda

The housing topic still the number one of the government priority, but it has been such a hot topic as the demand for a housing growing and seems not way to find a fast solution... the architect Ilidio Daio, is on the forefront and has been developing projects on this field with some hint of innovation...
Architect, with a graduate degree in low cost housing and planning – Madrid.
Chief of the Planning Technical Office of Urban Reconversion of Cazenga – GTRUCS.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Angola - the cancer of corruption | DW Documentary

Although Angola is Africa's second largest oil producer after Nigeria, the country is one of the world's poorest nations. [Online until: 02.12.2018]
Angola’s billions of oil dollars mainly lined the pockets of the family of PresidentJosé Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country for 38 years. Angola's new president, João Lourenço, has vowed to fight corruption and help the country's poorest. But can he keep his promise? Angola is Africa's second largest oil exporter. Angola began its economic ascent after its 27-year civil war came to an end in 2002, and in 2017, Luanda became the world’s most expensive capital city. But Angola is marred by economic division. Angola’s billions of oil dollars mainly lined the pockets of the family of President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled for 38 years. Luanda’s multiplying skyscrapers and glittering facades showcase the wealth of a small, rich elite. While 55 percent of people in Angola are still poor and live on less than one dollar a day. In August last year, President José Eduardo dos Santos announced he would not be seeking re-election due to health reasons. Like dos Santos, his successor, João Lourenço, belongs to the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Lourenço has promised to fight corruption in Angola, and help the country’s poorest. Analysts have already raised doubts about his ability to make far-reaching change, however. Police currently stand accused of sending so-called death squads to kill young people in Luanda’s outskirts. Families are being relocated into tin huts, where they live under shocking conditions. And the country’s health care system is failing, as Angola’s child mortality rate climbs to one of the highest in the world.
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